Cloth hat



July 3fl 9 28.

L. l. PEKOWSKY CLOTH HAT Filed Nov. 1927 ATTORNEY natn re Patented July 3, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLOTH HAT.

Application filed November 3, 1827. Serial No. 230,725.

This invention relates to improvements in headgear, and more particularly to boys Cloth hats, and one of the important objects of the invention is to produce a hat of this provided with expansible means therein which will permit the hat to be expanded to different sizes.

Another object of the invention is to produce a hat of this nature, having an area or zone at the juncture of the brim and crown thereof, that is free from all stiffening or sizing to permit of such expansion.

A further object of this invention is to provide such a hat with a sweat-band made of a knitted webbin A still further object of the invention is to so secure the outer band and how thereof to the crown as to permit of expansion.

Other objects and advantages will appear as the nature of the improvements is better understood, the invention consisting substantially in the novel arrangement and co relation of parts herein fully described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters are used to describe corresponding parts throughout the several views, and then finally pointed out and specifically defined and indicated in the appended claim.

The disclosure made the basis of exemplifying the present inventive concept suggests a practical embodiment thereof, but the invention is not to be restricted to the exact details of this disclosure, and the latter, therefore, is to be understood from an illustrative, rather than a restrictive standpoint.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, I have illustrated a. preferred form of my invention, in which,

Figure 1 is a side view in elevation of my improved hat with a portion of the brim broken away.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof,

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-8, Fig. 2, and

Fig. 41 is a fragmental sectional view of my improved hat upon which is indicated in dot and dash line the unsized zone, at or near the juncture of the brim and crown.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 5 in dicates a hat of my improved construction, the said hat being preferably made of cloth and comprises what is known in the trade as a six quarter crown 6, to which is attached a bias cut brim 7 by means of a row of stitches 8. Instead of the usual sweat-band that is ordinarily sewed on the inside of the hat, I provide a band 9 made of a stretchable knitted cloth or webbing which is attached at the top thereof to the crown 6 by a row of stitching 10 and at the bottom thereof it is sewed to the crown and brim, by a row of stitching 11, a row of stitching 12 running through one ply of the brim 7 and near the bottom the said brim provides a hinge around which the said brim may be rolled up and thus enclose and keep from View all the stitching.

It is customary in hats of this nature, to form an area or zone at or near the juncture of the crown and brim with a sizing or stiffening material, but in the present invention this zone 13 indicated in dot and dash lines, Fig. 4c, is left unsized, thus permitting of expansion of the hat in this area. To further permit the hat to be stretched, the outer hat band 1% is cut shorter than the outside circumference of the hat, so that when it is sewn to the crown 6 by a row of stitches 15, the edges 16 and 17 of the said band. or ribbon will leave a gap or space 18. Stitches 19 and 20 further secure the hat band to the crown, and stitches 21 and 22 secure the how 23 to the band 14, the said bow 23 being so secured as to provide a fullness 24 to permit the hat to be stretched as desired.

It will be understood that in the hats now commonly used, there is a range of eight sizes between sizes 6 4; and size 7. I have found that with my improved hat, two sizes will be sufficient to cover this range on account of the expansibility thereof. It will also be understood that boys hats and overcoats are made in colors to exactly match each other. lVith the hats now in general use it becomes necessary for the storekceper to carry a vast stock of hats owing to the various sizes and colors required. lVith my new and improved hat however, it becomes a very easy matter for a storekeeper with a very limited stock of hats to have a proper range of sizes and colors. This hat also fits the head snugly without binding the head of the wearer due to the knitted inner band and the relation that the different elements bear to each other.

From the above it will be seen that I have provided a hat of simple and efiicient construction and one that will fit heads of various sizes without binding.

In the rows of stitching 8, 10 and 11, & wool thread is preferably employed.

Having described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters 5 Patent, is

In a cloth ha-t having an expansible zone at the juncture of the crown and brim, a,

knitted sweet band secured to the hat at the said Zone and an outer hat hand secured to the crown and having it fullness therein to 10 permit expansion of the hat at the said zone. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

LOUIS I. PEKO WSKY. 

